9.8% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toolooa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toolooa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Toolooa are involved in unpaid community roles compared to the rest of the country. Only 9.8% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Toolooa are much lower than in most similar areas, falling 4.3 percentage points below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. This includes fewer people caring for children (21.5%) and those providing general unpaid care (10.3%), both of which are well below the state and national figures.
10.3% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -37.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average of 3.9%.
3.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Toolooa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32849/toolooa/topic/community